“Dystopia” is a
powerful theme in contemporary culture. Consider the Mad Max movies, “The Walking Dead,” "The Hunger Games," or even
the fantasy series “Game of Thrones.” One could argue that the fictional genre
of fantasy is often characterized by a sense of dystopia, post-apocalyptic
worlds in which people must survive by brute power and cunning. British
poet Matthew Duggan takes
the idea of dystopia a step backward, however, and applies it to the world and
landscape surrounding us today.
Dystopia
38.10 contains some
98 poems, most of which suggest a sense of dislocation, dystopia, the idea that
life and the landscape around of us has changed, almost while we’re weren’t
watching. The changes can be physical, social, cultural, or political, or
perhaps even a combination of all of these.
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